Andy Devine, Carleton Young, Denver Pyle
Going into flashback, a US Senator tells the story of how years ago, as a young lawyer, he came to a small town in which a gang of outlaws terrorized and robbed him. He seeks revenge and finds it in t...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 5, 2001
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May 9, 2009Exceptional elegy.
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March 18, 2009Pretty much the best Ford I've seen thus far. Stewart and Wayne play off each other perfectly and Lee Marvin was badass. It's probably not as great visually as Stagecoach. A fews scenes like like the class room and the campaigning ones were too drawn out but the rest easily ou...( read more)
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February 2, 2009Aaaaah when John Waynes says to Lee Marvin "Liberty, it's my steak on the floor", you really feel like a shot of testosterone has been injected into the celluloid. Other than that, a very good western, full of men with problems in a town short of solutions.
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September 26, 2008John Ford was one of the few directors who could deftly balance entertainment with more ambitious elements in the undercurrent. Because of that, his appeal to mainstream audiences was as wide as deep his reverence among aficionados. His films are among the favorites of many great...( read more)
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August 20, 2008A really good movie that actually had me not really minding John Wayne. Of course he's like an old reliable rock next to Jimmy Stewart's extremely likable performance. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance isn't a western so much as a movie that takes place in the Old West. Great perf...( read more)
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November 7, 2009I'm not a big fan of black-and-white westerns, but I really enjoyed this film, specially because of Stewart's awesome performance, as well as Wayne's solid acting, and the well-written story with this nice twist.
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September 21, 2009this film was not my kind of film. i'm not a fan a john wayne really and this film was the usual wayne thing.nice story but slow.
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September 20, 2009What a spectacularly well done western for the ages! Awesome story with an awesome cast and an awesome director. What else could you ask for?
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September 6, 2009Not really surprised that I liked it, seeing as two top actors of the day were in it. Kinda funny to see the guy who played Angel Eyes playing second to Liberty Valance in this one.
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July 30, 2009The black and white equivalent of "the Searchers." Beautiful, great performances from the Duke, Jimmy Stewart and Lee Marvin (a great frikin' bad guy). Plus all sorts of western character actors like Andy DeVine (yes, that's right, Friar Tuck from disney's "Robin Hood")
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